| From: | Steve Kenson <TalonMail@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: [SR3] Geasa |
| Date: | Sat, 26 Jul 1997 01:06:43 -0400 |
>With that last bit, do you mean that a) the geas-restricted Magic points
>get replaced by non-geas MPs, in other words that the geas gets removed
>from the MP but the magician gains no additional MP; or b) that the
>character gains an MP as normal but simply doesn't bother sticking to the
>geas for the "lost" MP? Hmm, this may need a "for instance"...
>
>For instance, Jeff the grade 0 initiate loses a magic point (somebody
>shot off his arm and he failed his magic loss check). He chooses a geas of
>gesturing for the lost MP, so if he gestures he has a Magic rating of 6,
>while if he doesn't, it's 5.
>Then he initiates to grade 1. If using method A, he'd have a Magic rating
>of 6 and no geas; with method B his Magic rating is 6 if he doesn't
>gesture, and 7 when he does.
>
>I'm in favor of allowing the player to choose which of the two (s)he
>wants.
As am I. I meant to say pretty much the same thing you said, only I think you
probably said it a little more clearly. Essentially speaking, under the
proposed system, Initiation has no real effect on geasa. It just increases
the Magic attribute. Whether or not the character chooses to permanently drop
the geased Magic point (thereby losing it) is actually a seperate choice. A
character who is initiating is simply getting new Magic points they can use
to replace geased ones if they choose to get rid of them.
That's a pretty long-winded way of saying, yes, that's how I see it working
too : )
Steve K.
